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• 2011 UNH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES No. 11/11 No. 5/7 (1-1 overall, 0-0 CAA) (3-0 overall, 0-0 CAA) Sept.New 24, 2011 • Hampshire3:30 p.m. • Robins Stadium at • Richmond, Va.Richmond Radio: Wildcat Sports Radio Network Jim Jeannotte, Bob Lipman 2011 UNH Schedule and Results MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Television: Comcast SportsNet New England • The Comcast Network SEPT. 1 Thu. @ Toledo | ESPN3 L, 22-58 New Hampshire: Mike Murphy 10 Sat. @ Lehigh | Service Electric 2 ScottW, 48-41, Graham, OT John Bunting 24 Sat. @ Richmond* | CSN-NE | TCN 3:30 p.m. Office: 603-862-3906 OCT. 1 Sat. HOLY CROSS 12:00 p.m. Cell: 603-969-0774 8 Sat. VILLANOVA* 12:00 p.m. 15 Sat. @ William & Mary* | TCN 12:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] 22 Sat. Massachusetts*% | CSN-NE 3:30 p.m. Richmond: Mike DeGeorge 29 Sat. RHODE ISLAND* | CSN-NE 12:00 p.m. Office: 804-287-6313 NOV. 5 Sat. JAMES MADISON* 12:00 p.m. 12 Sat. @ Towson* TBA Cell: 804-399-8916 19 Sat. MAINE* | CSN-NE 12:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] All home games in CAPS and BOLD * Indicates CAA Conference game Quick Hitters % Indicates game at Gillette Stadium •UNH is 7-5 in the Sean McDonnell era in games following a regular- season bye week. The Wildcats have dropped three of their last four 2011 Richmond Schedule and Results post-bye games, including a 13-3 setback at the hands of William & SEPT. 3 Sat. @ Duke W, 23-21 Mary last season that ended a school-record 12-game home winning 10 Sat. WAGNER W, 21-6 streak. The ‘Cats are 1-1 versus Richmond following a bye under Coach 17 Sat. VMI W, 34-19 Mac, with a 31-10 loss Oct. 14, 2000, and a 20-19 victory Oct. 12, 2002. 24 Sat. UNH 3:30 p.m. OCT. 1 Sat. @ James Madison 3:30 p.m. 8 Sat. @ Towson 7:30 p.m. •WR Joey Orlando was named the CAA Special Teams Player of the 22 Sat. MAINE 3:30 p.m. Week, the CFPA National Punt Return Performer of the Week, received 29 Sat. UMASS 1:00 p.m. a Gold Helmet Award from the N.E. Football Writers, was tabbed as NOV. 5 Sat. @ Old Dominion 2:00 p.m. a College Sporting News All-Star and was named the Beyond Sports 12 Sat @ Delaware 3:30 p.m. Network FCS Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 19 Sat. WILLIAM & MARY 12:00 p.m. three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 48-41 overtime victory at Lehigh on Sept. 10. Playing in his hometown, Orlando nabbed the 25-yard game-winning reception on the first play of overtime, amassed a per- sonal-best 166 receiving yards on 10 catches, which matched a career high, registered a 17-yard TD reception in the second quarter that put him over the 1,000-yard receiving mark for his career and returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was the first punt return for a score by a Wildcat since now-Chicago Bear Corey Graham’s 51-yarder against Stony Brook on Sept. 16, 2006. The Coaches •LB Matt Evans earned the CAA Defensive Player of the Week and the UNH: Sean McDonnell Beyond Sports Network FCS Defensive Player of the Week honor after Years as head coach: 13th collecting a career-high 24 tackles, including 17 solo stops and one Overall Record: 89-59 tackle for loss at Lehigh on Sept. 10. The middle linebacker leads all of Year at UNH: same FCS football with19.0 tackles per game and 25 solo stops, and his 38 Record at UNH: same total tackles lead the CAA. The 24 tackles were the most recorded by a CAA Record: 53-46 CAA player since Richmond’s Adam Goloboski made 26 tackles against Alma Mater: UNH ‘78 Delaware on Nov. 13, 2004. RICHMOND: Wayne Lineburg •QB Kevin Decker was named the CFPA National Performer of the Years as head coach: 1st Week and the QB Performer of the Week after notching the first 300- Overall Record: 3-0 yard passing day of his career. He completed 23 of 34 passes for 330 Year at Richmond: same yards and three TDs Sept. 10. The senior co-captain also rushed 11 times for 44 yards and two touchdowns in the triumph. Decker leads Record at Richmond: same UNH Football CAA Record: 0-0 the CAA in passing yards per game (246.0) and total offense (282.5), QR Code Alma Mater: Virginia ‘96 and he is ranked 16th in the NCAA in completions/game (22). All-Time Series: Richmond leads, 10-9 UNHWILDCATS.COM • FACEBOOK.COM/UNHWILDCATS • TWITTER.COM/UNHATHLETICS UNHWILDCATS.COM • FACEBOOK.COM/UNHWILDCATS • TWITTER.COM/UNHATHLETICS 102 WEEKS AND COUNTING: UNH is ranked in the Top 25 for 2011 CAA Football Standings a CAA-best 102nd straight week, the nation’s second-longest streak that dates back to Sept. 13, 2004. William & Mary, at a Team Conference Overall distant 40 weeks, now has the second-longest ranked streak Towson 1-0 2-0 in the CAA. Montana’s run of 182 consecutive weeks leads UNH 0-0 1-1 the country: Old Dominion 0-0 3-0 Richmond 0-0 3-0 School Consecutive Weeks Ranked Delaware 0-0 2-1 Montana 182 James Madison 0-0 2-1 UNH 102 Maine 0-0 2-1 Appalachian State 86 William & Mary 0-0 2-1 William & Mary 40 Rhode Island 0-1 0-2 Villanova 0-2 0-3 UNH WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS: Massachusetts 0-0 2-0 WEEK THE SPORTS NETWORK/FATHEAD.COM FCS COACHES THIS WEEK’S CAA SCHEDULE Date Time Preseason 10 10 UNH at Richmond Sat., Sept. 24 3:30 p.m. Week 1 13 16 Old Dominion at Delaware Sat., Sept. 24 12:00 p.m. Week 2 11 12 UMass at Boston College Sat. Sept. 24 1:00 p.m. Week 3 11 11 Fordham at Rhode Island Sat., Sept. 24 1:00 p.m. James Madison at William & Mary Sat., Sept. 24 7:00 p.m. Colgate at Towson Sat., Sept. 24 7:00 p.m. Villanova at Penn Sat., Sept. 24 7:00 p.m. Italics denotes CAA conference game THE SPORTS NETWORK/FATHEAD.COM TOP 25: SEPT. 19 FCS TOP 25 COACHES POLL: SEPT. 19 Rank Team Record Previous Rank Team Record Previous 1. Georgia Southern 2-0 1 1. Georgia Southern 2-0 1 2. Northern Iowa 1-1 2 2. Northern Iowa 1-1 2 3. Appalachian State 2-1 3 3. Appalachian State 2-1 3 4. Montana State 2-1 5 4. Montana State 2-1 4 5. Richmond 3-0 6 5. William & Mary 2-1 5 6. William & Mary 2-1 4 6. Delaware 2-1 7 7. Delaware 2-1 7 7. Richmond 3-0 9 8. North Dakota State 2-0 8 8. Wofford 1-1 8 9. Wofford 1-1 9 9. Montana 2-1 11 10. Montana 2-1 12 10. James Madison 2-1 14 11. UNH 1-1 11 11. UNH 1-1 12 12. James Madison 2-1 13 12. North Dakota State 2-0 6 13. Chattanooga 2-1 14 13. Southern Illinois 1-1 15 14. Southern Illinois 1-1 15 14. Chattanooga 2-1 17 15. Lehigh 2-1 16 15. Jacksonville State 2-1 16 16. Jacksonville State 2-1 17 16. Lehigh 1-1 19 17. Massachusetts 2-0 21 17. Stephen F. Austin 1-2 13 18. South Dakota 2-1 24 18. McNeese State 1-1 22 19. McNeese State 1-1 23 19. Massachusetts 2-0 25 20. Sam Houston State 2-0 NR 20. South Dakota 2-1 23 21. Eastern Washington 0-3 10 21. North Dakota 1-2 NR 22. Stephen F. Austin 1-2 19 22. Eastern Washington 0-3 10 23. Southern Utah 2-1 NR 23. Liberty 1-2 20 24. Murray State 2-1 NR 24. Youngstown State 2-1 NR 25. South Carolina State 1-2 25 25. South Carolina State 1-2 21 UNHWILDCATS.COM • FACEBOOK.COM/UNHWILDCATS • TWITTER.COM/UNHATHLETICS HEAD COACH SEAN MCDONNELL Sean McDonnell, a 1978 University of New Hampshire graduate, is in his 13th season as the head coach at his alma mater with a career re- cord of 88-58. In 2010, McDonnell’s Wildcats collected victories against five ranked opponents, a University record, en route to an 8-5 campaign. New Hampshire qualified for the NCAA Division I FCS Championship for the seventh consecutive season, the longest active streak in the nation. Further, UNH advanced to the quarterfinal round for the sixth time in those seven years after dispatching Bethune-Cookman, 45-20, in a second-round encounter before suffering a quarterfinal loss at eventual national championship game participant Delaware, 16-3. During this remarkable seven-season run of success, the Wildcats have posted a mark of 65-25 for a .722 winning percentage. They have been ranked in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 for a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)-leading 97 consecutive weeks, dating back to Sept. 13, 2004. McDonnell was feted as the 2010 Division I FCS Coach of the Year by the New England Football Writers, the third time he’s been honored (2005, ’08). During the course of the ’10 campaign, the ‘Cats earned their 12th straight home victory –a school record- by shutting out No.